The Registration for each examination should be done at least nine months before the month in which the examination is held.

The cut off dates for admission to CS course for Foundation Programme is 31st March for appearing in December Examination in the same year and 30th September for June Examination next year.

Company Secretary Eligibility

1. Educational Qualification for CS

The minimum eligibility required for the Foundation course for Company Secretary is 10+2 or an equivalent examination.

Candidate who has enrolled for the 10+2 examination can apply with the proof of passing the examination within 6 months.

Candidates who have passed the Foundation Course and are of minimum 17 years of age can apply for the Intermediate course.

Graduates, post-graduates (excluding fine arts) and those who have passed final exam of ICWAI or ICAI or of any other accountancy Institution in India or abroad recognized by the Council of the Institute can directly enroll to the intermediate course without doing foundation course.

After passing the intermediate course a registered candidate can apply for the Final course.

2. Age

There is no specific restriction with regard to the age of the candidate or marks secured in Senior Secondary Examination or subjects studied.

However the candidates that are not less than 17 years of age can apply for the Intermediate course

A registered student is required to complete the Intermediate and the Final examination within the registration period.

To become a Company Secretary one has to follow the steps given below:

Step 1
Foundation Course

Students who have registered themselves with the Institute of company Secretaries of India (I.C.S.I) are required to pass the Foundation Examination within 3 years from the date of admission.

Eligibility for this course is as follow:-

Candidates who have passed senior secondary (10+2) can apply for foundation course.

Registration for foundation course is open throughout the year. The exams for the foundation course are usually held in December and June.

The minimum duration of the course is eight months.

Step 2

Intermediate Course

The minimum duration of this course is ten months.

Eligibility/conditions for this course are as follow:

Those candidates who have passed the foundation course and are of 17 years or above can apply for intermediate course.

Graduates, post-graduates (excluding fine arts) and those who have passed final exam of ICWAI or ICAI or of any other accountancy Institution in India or abroad recognised by the Council of the Institute can directly enroll to the intermediate course without doing foundation course

Candidates who have appeared in the above mentioned examinations are also eligible for “Provisional Registration” for this course.

Step 3

Final course

A successful at intermediate level can get admission in the Final exam after a minimum of nine months after passing. The examinations are conducted twice a year in June and December.

Last date for enrolment applications for the final examination is 25th March (with late fee of Rs. 100, 9th April) for June examination and 25th September (with late fee of Rs. 100, 10th October) for December examination.

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Re: Company Secretary Entrance Test

I want to appear in the Company Secretary Exam 2015? Can you please tell me about its eligibility and important dates?

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India conducts Integrated Company Secretary ship Program every year to invite admissions into this full time course which is a non-residential course.

The qualified candidates of this entrance examination need to complete a three year course which includes one year of training. This entrance test offers only 50 seats.

Eligibility for Company Secretary Exam

The Candidates applying for ICSI entrance examination are required to pass their Graduation or 10+2+3 with more than 50% of aggregate marks.

The applicants can also pass from the courses of Foundation Program in ICSI or passing in CPT from ICAI or at least passing from foundation course of ICAI.

Candidates need to satisfy domicile requirements of India.

Age Limit

Applicants interested in pursuing the three year course of CS exam are required to not exceed 26 years of age as of 1st July 2015.

Important Dates in Company Secretary Exam 2015

Following are the important days in the ICSI CS examination of 2015:

Application forms will be available from the 1st week of April 2015.
Last date for submission of Online Application Forms is in 2nd week of May 2015.
Online Entrance Test will be in 3rd week of May 2015.
Declaration of results is in the last week of May 2015.